Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Valles
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Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Mexico
Diocese of Ciudad Valles Dioecesis Vallipolitana Diócesis de Ciudad Valles | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | San Luis Potosí |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,512 sq mi (14,280 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 999,000 939,000 (94%) |
| Parishes | 42 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 27 November 1960 (64 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Roberto Yenny García |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe |
| Bishops emeritus | Roberto Octavio Balmori Cinta, M.J. |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| www.diocesisdeciudadvalles.org.mx | |
The Diocese of Ciudad Valles (Latin: Dioecesis Vallipolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. The diocese was erected on 27 November 1960. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monterrey until 25 November 2006. It cathedra is found within the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the episcopal see of Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí.
Bishops
[edit ]Ordinaries
[edit ]- Carlos Quintero Arce (1961 - 1966)
- Alfonso Reyes Ramos (1966 - 1969)
- José Melgoza Osorio (1970 - 1979)
- Juvencio González Alvarez (1980 - 1995)
- José Guadalupe Galván Galindo (1994 - 2000)
- Roberto Octavio Balmori Cinta, M.J. (2002 - 2020)
- Roberto Yenny García (2020 - present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
[edit ]- Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez, appointed Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca in 2005
Territorial losses
[edit ]| Year | Along with | To form |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí | Diocese of Matehuala |
External links and references
[edit ]- "Diocese of Ciudad Valles". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007年02月08日.
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